Table of Contents
Contributors ix
Preface xi
1 Sexually Transmitted Infections: Why are they Important? 1 Kevin A Fenton and Karen E Rogstad
2 STI Control and Prevention 11 Frances Cowan and Gill Bell
3 Provision and Modernisation of Sexual Health Services 16 Christopher K Fairley
4 The Sexual Health Consultation in Primary and Secondary Care 21 Cecilia Priestley
5 Examination Techniques and Clinical Sampling 26 Katrina Perez and Vincent Lee
6 Main Presentations of Sexually Transmitted Infections in Male Patients 29 John Richens
7 Other Conditions Affecting the Male Genitalia 35 Sarah Edwards and Chris Bunker
8 Vaginal Discharge: Causes, Diagnosis, and Treatment 42 Phillip Hay
9 Pelvic Inflammatory Disease and Pelvic Pain 49 Jonathan D C Ross
10 Vulval Diseases 53 Pat Munday
11 Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV in Pregnancy 59 Janet Wilson
12 Genital Ulcer Disease 64 Raj Patel and Nadi Gupta
13 Syphilis: Clinical Features, Diagnosis, and Management 70 Patrick French
14 Genital Growths and Infestations 78 Clare L N Woodward and Angela J Robinson
15 Viral Hepatitis 84 M Gary Brook
16 Systemic Manifestations of STIs 90 Elizabeth Carlin
17 HIV 95 Ian Williams, David Daniels, Keerti Gedela, Aparna Briggs and Anna Pryce
18 Diagnosis of Sexually Transmitted Infections 110 Sarah Alexander and Monique Andersson
19 Contraception 115 Rak Nandwani and Alison Bigrigg
20 Care of Specific Risk Groups 123 Paul A Fox and Karen E Rogstad
21 Sexual Health Care in Resource Poor Settings 127 David A Lewis
22 Vaccinations, Treatments, and Postexposure Prophylaxis 132 Ashini Jayasuriya
23 The Internet as a Resource for STI Education and Information 141 Claudia Estcourt and John Saunders
Appendices: Proformas for Taking Sexual Histories 145
Appendix 1: Male sexual history proforma 145
Appendix 2: Female sexual history proforma 146
Appendix 3: Assessment proforma for young people attending sexual health services 147
Index 149
